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Overwhelmed

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Driving today, I had a thought. That my wish was to find a woman whose beauty, both inside and out, overwhelmed me. I’ve had some very overwhelming experiences in the realm of the spirit lately. A deeper and deeper hunger for the greatest love of my life… Jesus. 

So the thought occurred to me that I wanted that same level of overwhelming desire in the realm of romance…

And I saw your face
In the eye of my mind
And for just an instant
My whole world stopped…

Your beauty is astounding
Cuts me to the deepest core
Tears well at the thought
Of a look into your eyes

My prayer is ever deepened
As I pause to consider
All you might mean to me
In the dream of my hidden heart

Gentle, calm ripples
In the deep stream of life
As we dip our toes
Into infinity exposed

Hungering for the air
That your presence fills
As you but walk by
I shudder in the breeze

It is as I have desired
Child’s prayer fulfilled
Overwhelmed by your presence
In your beauty, I am stilled

leaf in the stream of life

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leaf floating downstream
lost in the raging rapids
wide calm flow awaits

trading obsessions ….

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eyes closed, we built our walls
afraid to touch the heart within
running from the self that breathed
don’t let them come near, they might hear
and then, one day, twelve moons ago
we found a hint of life, a glimmer of breath
and we risked a moment to dance the dance
and the moment stretched on
the ripples of the ripples
fed the stream of life, the river of love
and we breathed out the fear
and we breathed in the love
and the love gave birth to a friendship
and the friends learned to smile
and the fog fell away
and the taste of beauty
became the way
today

(for aim)

Stilling the Mind

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Meditating at the edge of the stream of life,
I asked my mind to be still.

As a child cannot still the urge to laugh,
As a sparrow cannot still the urge to fly,
As a bee cannot resist the charms of a bud,
So my mind will not resist the attraction to the noise.

And I was called to remember the humble teaching of a sage.
He shared the secrets to stilling the selfishness of our hearts;
Be selfish, said he, but share that selfishness with another;
Let your self-centered mind be in the body of a kindred soul.

And so, I tried this secret method, transfixing my mind,
But not my selfishness, but the noise that would not be stilled,
I let my quiet mind abide in the mind of the Christ,
And we observed the child by the stream with quiet contentment.

The Buddha looked on and smiled.